On Friday, I was the “last man standing” for the webteam before the 3 day weekend. It was pretty quiet and kinda dark in the office when one of my colleagues brought the new VP around the building for a tour. The VP asked if I could help him with a file on the web. I said I could and followed him back to his office where he showed me the link and then emailed it to me. I went back to my desk, found and removed the file, and emailed him back. He thanked me, then asked if I had a copy of the new logo – I did, and sent it to him.
So, I think I made the right impression on the new guy. I also got some news that the layoffs may not be quite as dire for our division as I thought. A little hope, then, to kick off the weekend.
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I did some work in the backyard on Friday to recess some paving stones in my lawn. I wanted a stable place for my sun chair and thought the stones would work well and look nice. I spent some quality time with a couple of shovels and a couple trashcans full of dirt. When I was done, it looked like had dug a really shallow grave behind my garage – like, 3 inches deep. I’ll need to pull the pavers up and put down some gravel under them to level it out, but it got the job done for the time being. I was tired at the end, didn’t smell great, and my arm hurt – but felt I had filled my quota of day-off yard work.
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Another project was replacing the light fixture in my hallway. I got the breaker turned off, got all my tools together, and set to work – and it was a mess. The plaster under the old fixture and the covering over the old wiring came off in chunks and went all over the floor – I liberally punctuated the air with swearing. I managed to get the wires cleaned up and the new fixture installed – and it worked as soon as I turned the breaker back on. Didn’t even catch fire a little bit.
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On Saturday morning, I was on the rack while ThunderCat lounged peacefully at my bare feet. He was purring and languidly reached out with a paw to rest on my foot. Awwww… so sweet. I was enjoying the bonding time when – from out of nowhere – he lashed out with his claws and dug into the meat of my right middle toe.
And would not let go.
When I finally dissuaded him from hanging on, I got the DVD paused and decided I needed to get the wound cleaned up. Supporting the rack with my right hand, I hobbled my way into the kitchen to clean up the bleeding.
He got me good.
I wrapped my toe in a paper towel and hobbled my way back to the couch to finish out my session. When I was done, I went upstairs to the bathroom to clean it out better and put a band-aid on.
I was a little cranky with him the rest of the day but, as usual, he didn’t care.
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Went to a party on Saturday evening and to my surprise – and what should have been a surprise to everyone – I helped cook out on the grill. And made successful and positive contribution to the burgers, hotdogs, and the corn on the cob. I ended up eating a burger, a hotdog, 3 ears of corn, a cupcake, some fruit, and a slice of strawberry pound cake.
Oddly enough, I didn’t feel great after all that – though I did manage to do a little origami and successfully dodged the amateur fireworks and the bees they stirred up.
Overall, a very good party and a lot of fun.
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Today, I made some hula hoops – because I had the tubing and the connectors.
And because never know when you might need a hula hoop. Or… five. The tubing was much cheaper in bulk.
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The good vibes from Friday have worn off and I’m starting to feel a little anxious about work again. Just gotta keep on keeping on and see what happens.
Time I think for a little reading and then bed. Let’s hope that weird nap I took today doesn’t throw me off. And yeah, I napped. Dunno why and I didn’t do a very good job at it, but I napped.